State Constitutions (United States)

In a State Constitution document, each US State at length and in more detail than the US Constitution describes its governmental structure, legal processes, and powers of the State over its citizens. A State's Constitution cannot violate and must generally conform to the US Constitution, and its amendments. Citizens can vote to amend State Constitutions.

the people can over throw the government if they wanted, so petitions i believe are the only legal way to go about it. or lead by exampole and start up a corporation that practices your ideas if they are not illegal.

Here are 2 answers:The California Constitution is the document that establishes and describes the duties, powers, structure and function of the government of the U.S. state of California. The original constitution, adopted in November 1849 in advance of California attaining U.S. statehood in 1850,...

Texas v. Johnson was one of a series of flag desecration cases challenging state and federal statutes prohibiting burning or otherwise damaging a flag, as a violation of First Amendment protection of freedom of speech and political expression. Case Citation:Texas v. Johnson, 491 US 397 (1989) For...

Amendments to state constitutions, including those in Texas, are proposed by the state legislature. Texas no longer has its own autonomous Constitution, because it is a full state and no longer an independent entity.

William Blount, the first and only governor of the Southwest Territory and he was expelled from the Senate on a charge of treason.Richard Dobbs Spaight was born in New Bern, North Carolina and was the 8th governor of North Carolina. He was 29 when he signed the US Constitution. He died in 1802 after...

CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION ARTICLE 18 AMENDING AND REVISING THE CONSTITUTION SEC. 1. The Legislature by rollcall vote entered in the journal, two-thirds of the membership of each house concurring, may propose an amendment or revision of the Constitution and...

The Georgia Constitution has 11 Articles; I didn't see a Paragraph XXV. Depending on what's in that paragraph, your chances of winning such a lawsuit are slim and none. In general, public agencies and their employees cannot be sued for doing their jobs. You would probably have to show that the...

Actually, every state has less than one Representative per every 30,000 citizens. This is because in the early 1900s Congress set a limit on the number of Representatives in the House at 435. These Representatives are then allocated to each state based upon the proportion of the population that...

The CA Constitution and U.S. Constitution's difference is that CA has a smaller constitution so not so many laws, v.s the U.S. and that they are the whole entire United States so they need laws and Barack Obama doesn't veto as much. hope this helped

There are 27 amendments to the Constitution to date. That is how many amendments there are to the US Constitution but the truth is that every proposition that has been passed and put on the ballot to vote on is an amendment so there have been many but it is my understanding there are somewhere...

u go talk to the people It is as easy as putting an initiative constitutional amendment on any ballot and having the voters pass it. Also the legislature can amend it. California's constitution has had thousands of amendments.

2.Limits the legislature to 140 days every other year2.The idea was to make it citizen legislature3.Average citizen could not afford to hold this job4.Legislatures are Big Companies (Enron), Rich, Law Firms5.Salary @ $7,200/Yr6.Legislature can not pass a state property tax with a limit on local...

There are several. First, I think, is the commerce clause in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 2, which states that Congress has the power to regulate commerce among the several states. If California had a law that forbade out-of-state drivers from entering California if the person did not have a...

It only relates because CA became a state because of the gold rush. On Sept. 9th 1850 CA became part of the United States. Thus, they were under the Constitution and wrote the CA constitution based on the federal.